Watch: Melbourne Stars batters run four runs before fielder sweeps off near boundary
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In the ongoing 44th game of the Big Bash League 2022-23, Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat are facing each other. The game is being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground which is one of the biggest grounds in the world. In the game, the visitors, Heat, won the toss and elected to bowl first. They had a great start with the ball as Australia Test bowler Michael Neser took the wicket of Joe Clarke.
The incident happened in the third over of the innings. After Clarke’s wicket, former Australia opening batter, Hilton Cartwright came out to bat. On the first ball of his innings, he played a square drive and it looked like the ball was going towards the boundary. However, the fielder chased down and stopped the ball, was also helped the slowness of the ball travel.
By the time the fielder could throw the ball towards the keeper, both batters, Cartwright and Thomas Rogers completed four runs.
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Melbourne Stars finished strongly at the end against Brisbane Heat
Talking about the game, the eighth-placed in the ongoing season, Stars has amassed 159/7 which can be competitive on the venue. Last October, Pakistan amassed the same amount of runs in the 20-20 World Cup encounter against India. Thanks to Virat Kohli’s 82 not out, India chased down the target on the last ball of the game.
Coming back to the ongoing game, Neser took a four-wicket haul but was plundered in the last over for three fours. However, he still finished 25 for four in as many overs which will be considered good. The home team was in trouble as they were reduced to six wickets for 127 runs. However, Nick Larkin’s half-century took the team to a fighting total.
